WELCOME!
Put your cell phone in phone jail, then put your name on the notecard and respond to these three questions:
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Describe Yourself
In two words, describe yourself as a student.
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Love / Dislike
What is something most people love but you dislike?
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Small Joy
What’s a small thing that gives you joy?
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English III
Mr. Restad
2005
Billings Senior High
2009
University of Puget Sound
B.A. English, creative writing
2017
MSU - Billings
Masters of Education, Curriculum and Instruction
2023
National Board Certified Teacher
NERD
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CLASS EXPECTATIONS
Learning comes first.
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Be Engaged
• Show up ready to participate�• Check resources�• Communicate
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Be Prepared
• Bring a dedicated notebook�• Put away cell phones and headphones
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Be Positive
• Bring an open mindset�• Support your peers�• Remember: we're all learning
CIRCLE!
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Mindsets and �Learning�Day 1�
Adam Restad
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Learning Intentions
01What learning is
02Understand different mindsets
03Neuroplasticity
Success Criteria
01Explain what learning is to yourself
02Describe the two mindsets
03Define neuroplasticity's relationship to learning
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Something to write with,
something to write on
1. Note taking matters
STEPS�
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2. Have a strategy for organizing
Cornell Notes
Bullet Point Outline
Mapping
Sketch Noting
https://www.verbaltovisual.com/what-is-sketchnoting/
http://coe.jmu.edu/learningtoolbox/cornellnotes.html
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SUMMARY
Key Points
Notes
3. Add visuals
(1) Visual encoding (how something looks)
(2) acoustic encoding (how something sounds)
(3) semantic encoding (what something means)
(4) tactile encoding
DUAL CODING
“adding drawings to notes to represent concepts, terms, and relationships has a significant effect on memory and learning” (Wammes, Meade, & Fernandes, 2016).
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4. Pausing Boosts learning
BRAIN DUMP
Stop and process allows your brain to “catch up”
“When students are given the opportunity to revise, add to, or rewrite their notes, they tend to retain more information.”
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THINK and WRITE
Process alone for 5 minutes.
YOUR BRAIN HATES THINKING
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psychology
"People are naturally curious, but we are not naturally good thinkers; unless the conditions are right, we will avoid thinking"
— Daniel Willingham, Why Students Don’t Like School, 2009
question_answer
What are those conditions for you?
How Memory Works
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Attention
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Encoding
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Storage
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Retrieval
visibility
lock
usb
archive
READ
WRITE ONE THING: What did you learn or what resonated with you?
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GROWTH vs FIXED
Often, humans have a mix of both!
GROWTH MINDSET
FIXED MINDSET
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(Ricci, 2017)
1. Understand different mindsets
Make a quick list: What classes did you have a growth vs. fixed mindset last semester?
FIXED
GROWTH
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BRAIN DUMP
Jot down EVERYTHING you can remember from today’s class.
NEUROPLASTICITY
BRAIN BASED LEARNING
NEUROPLASTICITY
the ability for our brains to change and grow and change over time
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(Ricci, 2017, p. 6)
3. What it takes to learn
STRONGER AND SMARTER
the more we do, the better we get.
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(Draganski, et al., 2004)
3. What it takes to learn
SELF EXPERIMENT
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BRAIN DUMP
Jot down EVERYTHING you can remember about
SHARE
With your table partner
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THINK and WRITE
Pick one and write for 5 minutes
SHARE
With your table partner
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EXIT TICKET
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Two Things
On your notecard, list the two most important things you remember from today’s lesson.
READ: Interesting, Connection, Questions
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Write an email that addresses two of the following: